Search Tool: Prehistoric monuments within 2km of SX6179071950

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About the database: In all listings clicking on the photo will open a page for the site with a larger photo. The listings are drawn mainly from scientific journals and will not include the most recently discovered minor sites. There is comprehensive coverage of stone circles, stone rows and menhirs. Listings for cists and cairn circles should cover most of the better known sites. There are only partial entries for round cairns, settlements, pounds and none for reaves. For listings of specific types of monument click on Resources in the menu above. Corrections, or any feedback or suggestions are very welcome, email: info@dartmoorwalks.org.uk.

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OS Map:SX 62577 70299NMR record:SX 67 SW 31HER record:48907Megalithic Portal:15211PMD:Childe's TombShortName: CT:ChildesTombButler map: 64.4DPD page: 94Grinsell: LYD 96Turner: E33Notes: Turner E33. Dixon #94. Butler Vol. 4. Map 64.4 (diagram p.220). Grinsell LYDFORD 96. "A much disturbed cairn, 9m in diameter and 0.3m high with a modern 'kerb' of blocks and slabs, 5.8m in diameter and 0.5m high, set upon the mound. At the centre is a well built cist 1.4m long, 0.5m wide and 0.6m deep. Over this is a two tier pedestal of eight well trimmed blocks, of three different lengths; a further half buried block lies S of the monument. Upon this is a replacement socket stone and cross, cut at Holne in 1885". Lethbridge diagram p.93, photo p.94.Nearby sites:SX62587030Distance: 1.83km

OS Map:SX 61286 73076NMR record:SX 67 SW 38HER record:6308Megalithic Portal:14960PMD:The Crock of GoldShortName: CT:CrockofGoldButler map: 65.2DPD page: 101Grinsell: LYD 86Turner: D17Barrow Report:27 47 Notes: Turner D17. Dixon #25. Bar Rep. 27. Butler Vol. 4. Map 65.2 (diagram p.229). Grinsell LYDFORD 86. "The cairn, 7m in overall diameter and 0.3m high, has a flattish top with a retaining circle set 1m to 1.5m within the perimeter. This consists of six earthfast boulders, about 0.4m across and protruding a similar height above the cairn ... A central cist is oriented NW to SE. Internally it is 0.8m long, 0.4m wide at the NW end, 0.5m at the SE, and 0.7m deep. The side slabs are 1m long and respectively 0.15m and 0.25m thick; the end slabs, 0.5m long and 0.1m thick. The capstone, moved to the W, is 1.3m long, 1.1m wide and 0.15m thick and now rests against the kerb." Lethbridge diagram p.102 Cist(C), photo p.101.Nearby sites:SX61297308Distance: 1.24km

OS Map:SX 61871 70395NMR: No record found HER record:61775Megalithic Portal:45806PMD:Fox Tor Mires E.Alternate name: Goldsmith's Cross E.1 CistShortName: CT:GoldsmithE1Butler map: 64.5.1Notes: Butler Goldsmith's Cross E. 1. Vol. 4. Map 64.5 (Cairn 1 - diagram p.221). There is no NMR for this site. There is an HER entry MDV61775 which matches precisely with the OS reference given by Butler. Butler describes: "The mound 0.1m high at best surrounds a slightly wedge-shaped cist of which only the sides, one composed of two stones, and an end are visible. The missing slab is probably buried in place".Nearby sites:SX61877040Distance: 1.55km

OS Map:SX 61817 71957NMR record:SX 67 SW 40HER record:6310Megalithic Portal:34957Alternate name: Royal Hill E.1 CairnShortName: CN:RoyalHill 1Butler map: 65.5.1Grinsell: LYD 93Notes: "This impressive disturbed turf-covered cairn on the summit area of Royal Hill at 394m OD. It measures 16.4m (N-S) by 15.6m (E-W) with a maximum height of 1.8m. The flattish top has an off-centre pit 4.5m by 2.4m and 0.8m deep with some upcast material dumped around the top edge. Damage to the perimeter, reported in 1982 (8), has mostly been reinstated. The cairn is variously named Broken Barrow, Broken Barrows and Brokenborough"

OS Map:SX 61295 72792NMR record:SX 67 SW 191HER record:18391Megalithic Portal:45798PMD:Royal Hill SummitShortName: CT:RoyalHill 7Butler map: 65.5.7Butler Vol 5: p.185 & Fig.128DPD page: 102Notes: Butler Royal Hill Summit Vol. 4. Map 65.2 (diagram Vol. 5. p.185). "The cairn 7.4m E to W, and 6.5m N to S, and about 0.5m high. It is turf covered, but the tops of three stones of an inner retaining circle are exposed to a height of 0.3m. The largest is 1.1m long and 0.2m thick ... The cist, oriented E to W is largely infilled; internally it measures 0.8m by 0.6m, and is 0.2m deep. The coverstone is missing as is the stone at the E end. The others take the form of irregular boulders rather than slabs". Lethbridge diagram p.102 Cist(D), photo p.102.Nearby sites:SX61307279Distance: 0.97km

OS Map:SX 62082 72334NMR record:SX 67 SW 34HER record:6304Megalithic Portal:34960PMD:Royal Hill E.Alternate name: Royal Hill E.4 Platform Cairn Circle and CistShortName: CT:RoyalHill 4Butler map: 65.5.4DPD page: 98Grinsell: LYD 89Turner: E21Barrow Report:27 47 Notes: Turner E21 - listed as Royal Hill (N) [n.b. we have a south, central & north - N being a different cist]. Dixon #23. Bar Rep. 27. Butler Royal Hill E. 4 (Cairn 4 - diagram p.233) - Vol. 4. Map 65.5. Grinsell LYDFORD 89. "The cairn has an overall diameter of about 7.5m in diameter, and 0.6m high, with a flattish top. There are traces of an inner kerb 4.5m in diameter, and an outer one 5.7m across comprising boulders and slabs, the largest 1.5m long, 0.6m high, and 0.2m thick. The interior of the central cist is about 0.8m square with four stones up to 0.25m thick and 0.6m deep but the southern one overlaps the sides, is 1m long, and gives the cist its NW to SE alignment. This and the two end stones incline inwards; the northern one inclines slightly outwards. There is no cover stone." Lethbridge diagram p.97 Cist B, photo p.98.Nearby sites:SX62087233Distance: 0.48km

OS Map:SX 62108 72434NMR record:SX 67 SW 35HER record:6305Megalithic Portal:34959PMD:Royal Hill NE.Alternate name: Royal Hill E.5 Ring Setting Cairn and CistShortName: CT:RoyalHill 5Butler map: 65.5.5DPD page: 98Grinsell: LYD 90Turner: D21Barrow Report:27 47 Notes: Turner D21. Dixon #24. Bar Rep. 27. Butler Royal Hill E. 5 (Cairn 5 - diagram p.233)- Vol. 4. Map 65.5. Central cist. Grinsell LYDFORD 90. "The circle is 3.1m in overall diameter, comprising nine contiguous thick slabs, up to 0.9m long and from 0.3m to 0.7m high... There is virtually no cairn material but the interior has been levelled up to a height of 0.1m on the E, downhill side. A central cist oriented WNW to ESE is represented by two side stones which protrude 0.15m above ground. They are 1.2m and 0.9m long and both about 0.2m thick and 0.4m deep. The longer, northern one leans inwards and touches the other at the W end; at the E the stones are 0.8m apart separated by two flat (packing ?) stones each about 0.35m across. An overgrown and embedded slab against the circle W if the cist may have been an end stone." Lethbridge diagram p.97 Cist C, photo p.98.Nearby sites:SX62117243Distance: 0.58km